问题补充：
One day a farmer walking along a road with his son Thomas , the father said, “look! There’s a horseshoe, pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth (值得)the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few money he bought some cherries(樱桃).
The father and the son continued (继续)their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk. At this time, his father dropped(掉落) a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it, after a while , his father stopped another cherry and once again, his son was busy picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you bent（弯腰） down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the things will find that he cannot do the great things.”
【小题1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?A．the sonB．The fatherC．both the father and the sonD．Neither the father or the son【小题2】The farmer bought with the money after he sold the horseshoe.A．some breadB．some waterC．some cherriesD．some pennies【小题3】When the son refused(拒绝)to pick up the horseshoe, the fatherA．beat(打) the sonB．said nothingC．felt very happyD．became very angry【小题4】The father dropped the cherries one by one, because A．he wanted to teach his son a lesson.B．he wanted his son to do more exercise.C．he wanted his son to eat them all.D．he wanted to laugh at his son.【小题5】From the story, we can learn thatA．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them.B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money.C．if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe.D．if we don’t worry about the little things, we cannot do the great thingsB
答案：
(答案→)B
解析： 一天一个农夫沿着道路行走和他的儿子，父亲说：“看!马蹄，把它捡起来放在你的包里。”托马斯说：“它不值得。”，他的父亲什么也没说，他把它捡起来。当他们到达附近的城镇。农夫卖掉了马蹄，用钱他买了一些樱桃。父亲和儿子继续走。太阳在天空，没有房子，甚至一个树,他们可以休息一下。托马斯觉得太渴了。在这个时候，他的父亲扔掉樱桃在地上，儿子把它捡起来吃了它，过了一会儿，他的父亲又扔另一个樱桃,他的儿子正忙着捡起并把它塞进嘴里。当儿子吃光了所有的樱桃，他的父亲对他说：“我亲爱的儿子，如果你弯腰去捡马蹄，你就不会有必要这么多次弯曲去捡樱桃。永远记住这个教训。”
【小题1】细节理解题。问题：在最后谁拾到了马蹄？分析原句：His father said nothing but he picked it up himself.句意：他的父亲什么也没说，他把它捡起来。故选：B
【小题2】细节理解题。问题：这个农民在卖了马蹄之后他用钱买了什么？分析原句：There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few money he bought some cherries(樱桃).句意：农民卖掉了马蹄用钱他买了一些樱桃。故选：C
【小题3】细节理解题。问题：当他的儿子拒绝去拾这个马蹄的时候，这位父亲做了什么？分析原句：His father said nothing but he picked it up himself.句意：他的父亲什么也没说，他把它捡起来。故选：B
【小题4】细节理解题。问题：父亲把樱桃一个接一个地扔掉，为什么？分析原句孩子的父亲的一句话：Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the things will find that he cannot do the great things.句意：永远记住这个教训，不要担心你做得事不是最重的。故选：A
【小题5】细节理解题。问题：通过故事，我们了解了什么？分析原句：Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the things will find that he cannot do the great things.句意：永远记住这个教训， 不要担心你做得事不是最重的。故选：D
